Shining A Light On Wall Street

Part of the Series: Wall Street: World Financial Center

Justice and transparency of information is the most efficient way to realize trade but there was really only one rule on Wall Street, "buyer beware". For Wall Street bankers an important condition of their success was confidentiality and measured control of information. One man, a Mr. Dow responded to this problem by establishing the Dow Jones Index. He believed information was key to shedding some light on Wall Street.